New Mystery Scene: More Ellroy, Plus Nevada Barr, Nero Wolfe & More
Over the weekend, I received the new issue of Mystery Scene — always a welcome arrival. No real surprise to […]
Mysteries/Thrillers
N.C. Events, Southern Literature
N.C. Events: A Kidd and Her Kid
Topping this weekend’s list of big literary events in the Triangle are two visits by bestselling novelist Sue Monk Kidd
Reviews/Recommendations, Southern Literature
“This Day In Civil Rights History”
Last week, The Rap Sheet published my reflections on Ed Lacy’s Room to Swing as part of its regular Friday
D.C. Events, Fall for the Book, Mysteries/Thrillers
James Ellroy On Washington Post Podcast & In Person
Tonight (Saturday, September 26), James Ellroy appears at the Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Maryland as the closing event of the
Mysteries/Thrillers
“Room to Swing” at The Rap Sheet
I’m honored that the The Rap Sheet has chosen to run my short essay on Ed Lacy’s Room To Swing as
N.C. Events, North Carolina Literature, Southern Literature
N.C. Events: Chaz, Chefs & A Cancellation
Two of my favorite folks will be at Raleigh’s Quail Ridge Books on Friday night, September 25, at 7 p.m. Katy
D.C. Events, Fall for the Book, Interviews, Mysteries/Thrillers
James Ellroy Previews “Blood’s A Rover”
On Tuesday, September 22, Alfred A. Knopf will publish James Ellroy‘s Blood’s A Rover, the third and final installment of the
N.C. Events
Last Chance At Love! (& More N.C. Events)
Today — Wednesday, September 16 — marks your last chance to catch N.C. readings by contributors to the great new
Interviews, N.C. Events, North Carolina Literature, Reviews/Recommendations, Southern Literature
Marianne Gingher On “Long Story Short”
Long Story Short: Flash Fiction by Sixty-Five of North Carolina’s Finest Writers offers a concise, comprehensive, and compulsively readable collection
Reviews/Recommendations
Is It Shameless Self-Promotion If It’s Your Wife You’re Bragging About?
Looking for some good weekend reading? Let me suggest some recent very short fiction by Tara Laskowski — a completely
N.C. Events, North Carolina Literature, Southern Literature
N.C. Lit Festival Kicks-Off On Sept. 10
N.C. friends, don’t forget: The 2009 North Carolina Literary Festival takes place this weekend, Sept. 10-12, at UNC-Chapel Hill. Thursday
Interviews, Mysteries/Thrillers, North Carolina Literature, Southern Literature
Margaret Maron Talks About “Sand Sharks”
After tackling immigration issues in Hard Row and the crisis of rampant residential and commercial overdevelopment in Death’s Half Acre,